Separable fastener



J. A. THOMPSON.

SEPARABLE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. [3, 1918.

1,332,697. Patenflad Mar. 2, 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Application filed November 13, 1918. Serial No. 262,407.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Join: A. THOMPSON, a subject of the King of England,residing at Webb, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SeparableFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of buckles, buttons and clasps, andmore particularly to separable fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved separablefastener of the hook and eye type, so constructed as to be readilyconnected or hooked, and easily separated, the said hook and eye beingcapable of attachment to garments of various sorts without sewing, andobviating the necessity of using buttons and button holes, as well asproviding a device which will not readily unhook and which is not onlyornamental, but capable of general use, strong and durable.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel featuresof construction and arran ement of parts which will be more fullydescribed herein and set forth with particularity in the claim appendedhereto.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisapplication, in which like reference characters indicate thecorresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved hook and eye connection or fastener,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof as shown in Fig. 1, the parts beingconnected but unapplied, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved hook and eye fastenerincludes a hook 10 and an eye 11. The hook 10 is preferably made ofsuitable section of wire doubled upon itself at two points, providing atransverse portion 12, with the end portions 13 thereof bent inwardly asshown at 1 1, thus providing a transverse or T-shaped hook, the shankportions of which are twisted about each other intermediately betweenthe ends of the portion 12, as shown at 15, at right angles thereto, theremaining ends being bent outwardly in convergent relation, as shown at16 and finally downwardly as shown at 17, the tapered ends be ingdesigned to penetrate thegarment adj acent to oneedge of a part to'befastened to a cooperating part. The portions 17 are designed topenetrate the material, said portionsgbeing tapered or dotted lines in:Figs. 1 and2.

The eye element of the fastener, comprises a section of wire bentintermediately upon itself, to provide an open loop 18 having arestricted throat portion 19 produced by the side portions 20 thereof,said side portions being then extended outwardly in opposite directionsas shown at 21 and rebent upon themselves inwardly as shown at 22 insubstantially spaced parallel relation to the parts 21, with curved endportions, thus providing an elongated transverse loop designed toreceive the transverse hook or T- shaped member 12, the shank portion 15being designed to spring through the restricted thread 19 and into theopen loop 18, as is clearly shown in the drawings. Also, by having theportion 12 substantially as long as the loop formed by the portions 21and 22, the hook portion 12 of the element 10 must be inserted in theeye or loop, while extending in a common direction to the lengththereof, that is transversely to the element 11 and when engaged in theopen loop 18, will be held from displacement.

The remaining portions 22 extending inwardly, are twisted about eachother a suitable number of times, as shown at 23 and then directedoutwardly as shown at 24, the extremities being extended at right anglesas shown as 25, parallel to the portions 17, to penetrate the edge of anopposing part of a garment designed to be detachably connected thereto.These end portions 25 are also designed to be bent upon the portion 24,so as to be placed against the material of the garment.

It will be obvious that the device can be applied to garments of varioussorts, and besides being ornamental, will be capable of very quickapplication and removal, thereby permitting it to be re-used. The devicewill also greatly facilitate the connection of garments and will also bestrong and durable.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding, ofthe construction, operation, and advantages of my invention may be had,and while I have shown and described the device as embodying a specificstructure, I desire that it be understood that such changes may be madein said structure as do not depart from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is:

A hook and eye fastener comprising a section of wire bent upon itself attwo points to provide a transverse T-head portion and having inwardlyextending parts twisted to produce a shank portion at right anglesthereto, said extremities then being bent out? wardly and downwardly atright angles to provide tapered shanks adapted to penetrate and toclench the hook to the garment part,

the head and shank being perpendicular,

and an eye bent intermediately to provide an elongated oval shaped openloop with a forwardlyedirected eye ortion in the same plane with theloop portion, the end portions of the wire forming the eye portion beingintertwisted to produce a shank at right angles thereto and having theextremities thereof bent outwardly and downwardly to provide engagingportions adapted to penetrate theopposing parts of the garment and to beclenched thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature hereto.

JOHN A. THOMPSON.

